Michael wrote: > Hi Michael > > Thanks for the quick reply, I think I get it. So becuase I did not > declare them withing the init method using self they are shared by every > object that is created, even completely brand new ones? > > Is it normal practice to declare your variables in a class? I notice > that you don't have to, you can create them as you go, but i thought > declaring and initialising them in the class would make it easier to > understand and see what the class is for and should contain. And now for the rest of the story:
class Foo: a = 0 b = [] f = Foo() f.a = 3 f.b.append(1) g = Foo() g.a = 4 g.b.append(2) print f.a, g.a # 3 4 print f.b, g.b # [1, 2] [1, 2] [snip] _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
